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wisecracking

wisecracking adjective: making many wisecracks. Also the present participle and gerund of wisecrack.

Adjective

wisecracking (comparative more wisecracking, superlative most wisecracking)

  1. Making many wisecracks.
    • a wisecracking narrator
    • In his new animated film, Jerry Seinfeld plays Barry B. Benson, a wisecracking, moony-eyed, charmingly petulant New York honeybee who doesn't want to spend his days as a worker bee stuck on the honeymaking assembly line.2007 November 13, Natalie Angier, “In Hollywood Hives, the Males Rule”, in The New York Times

Also used as

wisecracking is also the present participle and gerund of wisecrack.

Forms of wisecracking

comparativemore wisecracking
superlativemost wisecracking

Questions about wisecracking

What does wisecracking mean?
Wisecracking means making many wisecracks.
What part of speech is wisecracking?
Wisecracking is an adjective.

Words near wisecracking in the dictionary

  1. wisecrack
  2. wisecracked
  3. wisecracker
  4. wisecrackers
  5. wisecrackery
  6. wisecracking
  7. wisecracks
  8. wisecracky
  9. Wisecup
  10. Wisecups
  11. wised

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